Woodward has a damning quote from Bush about Ken Blackwell

[madfloridian]

Bush: Ken Blackwell is a nut.

"From Buckeye
State Blog, which excerpted this from Bob Woodward's new book:

"At 2:43 a.m., someone noted that Bush was ahead in the popular vote nationwide, prompting the President to sneer, "If the popular vote made it, I wouldn't be here."

The campaign was left to anxiously wait for a statement from Kenneth Blackwell, a former black power student leader who had morphed into Ohio's gadfly Republican secretary of state.

"I'm the President of the United States," Bush fumed, "waiting on a secretary of state who is a nut."

Bush is not a very nice person, and I don't believe there is any kindness in him at all.

[Hav]

1. .

Blackwell = so dead
He is pretty much done, right? But this quote would make a wonderful TV spot.

[blm]

2. Blackwell is a fundie - and Bush actually hates the fundies and hates

being indebted to them when he only wanted to USE them and move on - now he's STUCK playing the fundie game virtually nonstop because he can't expand his base beyond them anymore.

[glitch]

3. Blackwell needs to read this and flip again.

Spill it, brother.

[mod mom]

I just posted this on Cincinnati.com's political blog (Blackwell's home

town) but it isn't up yet.

http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov /

Please feel free to post comments-you can do it anonymously! (Rosebud and I have adopted this blog to inform the folks down in Southern Ohio)

[mod mom]

10. They did a feature story on the comment-bwaha-ha-ha!

http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/

[blm]

11. heh - thanks for keeping a sharp eye.

this is too good to miss.

[madfloridian]

13. Posted this below before I saw yours.

This is such a pathetic man, this so-called president of ours.

[glitch]

24. And defensive about it too! Perfect.

:applause:

[mod mom]

28. READ THE COMMENTS POSTED @ BLACKWELL'S HOMETOWN BLOG:

2ND Story , click on comments:

WORTH THE EFFORT:

http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/

[rodeodance]

4. what a little snot!

[wakeme2008]

5. Is this Racist

One racist saying is about Brazil Nuts. Was this Bush code for calling him a N'Word. :shrug:

[crikkett]

27. Took a minute but I got the reference. You're right. eom

[mod mom]

6. link please.

[madfloridian]

7. There is a link.

?

[mod mom]

8. oops sorry...my mistake.

[mojogeorgo]

9. Link

I got this from Buckeye State Blog, which didn't have a link, but I eventually found this one.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/457061p-384627c.html

[madfloridian]

12. From page 347, apparently

http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/
"You may have already bought State of Denial, the new book by Bob Woodward on the Bush White House and the Iraq war, but chances are you haven't gotten to page 347 yet.

You might want to flip ahead.

There, Woodward describes election night 2004 in the White House, with a cigar-chomping Bush nervously waiting the results with Karl Rove, his political guru.

They were waiting for a statement from Ken Blackwell, Ohio's secretary of state, declaring the Ohio election over and Bush the winner.

According to Woodward, the president was a little hot under the collar and let loose:

"I am the president of the United States,'' Woodward quotes Bush as saying, "waiting on a secretary of state who is a nut.''

[bigdarryl]

14. DAMN this guy is worst than i thought

MAN OH MAN is he like a fucking kid when he doesn't get his way.

[Vincardog]

15. HE is not LIKE a child he IS a child.

[Straight Shooter]

16. "I am the KING," he fumed, "waiting on a PEON."

Chomp chomp.

Who knew that bush liked a good cigar in his mouth.

[Mr_King]

18. I bet...

it was a Cuban.

[ldf]

23. WHAT?

i didn't know KKKarl was cuban!

:evilgrin:

[cui bono]

17. He acts as if he actually EARNED the title of President. n/t

[saracat]

19. I have no problem with Bush calling Blackwell a "nut" .I have a problem

the statement" "If the popular vote made it, I wouldn't be here."I think that implies he "knew' the people didn't vote for him and the vote was fixed!

[rumpel]

26. I was wondering about that statement, too.

What does he really mean by that?

I was thinking, does he mean had he gotten the popular vote, he would not have to wait for the electoral of Ohio, so he would be in bed, or wait for the fix?

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

29. He lost the popular vote in 2000

nm

[The Backlash Cometh]

20. If that isn't the ultimate slap in the face.

Blackwell, I hope you're making a lot of money for your treachery, because you sure aren't getting any respect for your loyalty.

[mod mom]

22. Blackwell-the next Katherine Harris.

[roseBudd]

21. Stomp Blackwell while he is down on this MSM blog...

http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/

And it's in his own hometown...

Bush on Blackwell

You may have already bought State of Denial, the new book by Bob Woodward on the Bush White House and the Iraq war, but chances are you haven't gotten to page 347 yet.

You might want to flip ahead.

There, Woodward describes election night 2004 in the White House, with a cigar-chomping Bush nervously waiting the results with Karl Rove, his political guru.

They were waiting for a statement from Ken Blackwell, Ohio's secretary of state, declaring the Ohio election over and Bush the winner.

According to Woodward, the president was a little hot under the collar and let loose:

"I am the president of the United States,'' Woodward quotes Bush as saying, "waiting on a secretary of state who is a nut.''

Many Ohio Democrats have thought so all along, but it is sort of jaring to see it coming out of the mouth of a Republican president.

Blackwell's gubernatorial campaign was shrugging off the quote Monday.

"It must have been a pretty tense time at the White House,'' said Blackwell campaign spokesman Carlo LoParo. "I don't know what the president said or even if he said it.''

During that campaign, LoParo said, the Bush/Cheney campaign was not very pleased with Blackwell, especially after he ruled independent Ralph Nader off the Ohio ballot, which was thought to be a big boon to John Kerry.

LoParo pointed out that Bush, even though he may have called Blackwell a "nut," thought enough of him to come to Ohio in August and raise $1.5 million for Blackwell's gubernatorial campaign.

[Imagevision]

25. Blackwell will be gone after the election

[Cha]

30. bush is first chimpanzee, nothing

more.

[New Earth]

31. after all Blackwell did for Bush?

and THIS is what he has to say about him? :wtf:

[OzarkDem]

32. Bush is ungrateful - Kenny stole the election for him

Shows how much loyalty Bush has for his minions.